View of Ganymede from the Galileo spacecraft during its first encounter with the
satellite. North is to the top of the picture and the sun illuminates the surface
from the right. The finest details that can be discerned in this picture are about
6.7 kilometers across. The Universal Time is 8:45:09 UT on June 26, 1996.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA manages the mission for NASA's Office
of Space Science, Washington, DC.